Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-154
Nixon phone call with Kissinger on Thomas H. Moorer and Military coordination
Thursday, May 4, 1972 · 3:04 PM–3:44 PM ET · White House Telephone · 31 sec
AI Summary
Henry Kissinger contacts the White House operator to secure an urgent return call from Admiral Thomas H. Moorer. The request follows a period of coordination between Kissinger and President Nixon regarding ongoing military or diplomatic affairs. Kissinger emphasizes the urgency of the communication, tasking the operator to ensure the Admiral reaches him immediately after attending a swearing-in ceremony.
- Henry Kissinger
- Thomas H. Moorer
- Military coordination
- White House communications
- Urgent request
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NARA Description
On May 4, 1972, the White House operator, Henry A. Kissinger, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:04 pm and 3:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-154 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 23-154
Date: May 4, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:04 and 3:44 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with Henry A. Kissinger.
[See also Conversation No. 334-44B]
Thomas H. Moorer
-Location
Kissinger conferred with the President at an unknown time.
[See Conversation No. 334-44B]
[End of conferral]
Kissinger talked with the White House operator.
Moorer's return callAlso recorded on May 4, 1972
- 023-152 2:51 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard A. Moore talked on the telephone from 2:51 pm to 2:57 pm.
- 334-042 2:57 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:57 pm and 3:02 pm.
- 334-043 2:57 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ray Conniff, Alexander P. Butterfield, and White House photographer met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:57 pm and 3:03 pm.
- 023-153 3:04 PM · 8 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:04 pm and 3:44 pm.
- 023-155 3:04 PM · 2 min — the White House operator, Henry A. Kissinger, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:04 pm and 3:44 pm.
- 023-156 3:04 PM · 18 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:04 pm and 3:44 pm.
- 023-157 3:04 PM · 17 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:04 pm and 3:44 pm.
- 334-044 3:04 PM · 2 hr 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, John B. Connally, unknown person(s), Manolo Sanchez, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:04 pm and 5:35 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 023-154, May 4, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-154 (accessed October 9, 2026).